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Conscious Internal Communication
No full textKäesoleva sajandi ettevõtete juhtimine on muutunud rohkem inimeste keskseks ning seni jäikade organisatsiooni ülesehituses on olulisis strateegilise muutusi. Rohelisem maailmavaade, keskkonda hoide ning säilitav mõtteviis ning inimesi hoidev ühiskond sunnib strateegilisemalt lähenema ettevõtte ülesehitamisel. Konkurentsitihe majandus ning kommunikeerimise mehhanismid on loonud uusi ametikohti ning muutunud on ka tööülesanded. Kuidas me ennast turul positsioneerime, on tähtsam, kui kunagi varem. Ettevõtete struktuuridesse on tekkinud ametikohad nagu: kommunikatsiooni juht, turundusjuht, riskijuht ning mitmed teised kes moodustavad kokku uue valdkonna ja ettevõtte strateegia.
Lõputöö eesmärgiks oli välja selgitada sisekommunikatsiooni toimimine Osaühingus Tehnokonsult ning vajadusel teha ettepanekuid selle parendamiseks. Luues lõputööle teoreetilise raamistiku, lähtus autor kvantitatiivsest uurimismetoodikast, mis lõi raamistiku andmete kogumiseks ja analüüsimiseks. Lähenemisviisiks valis autor deduktiivse ehk teoorial baseeruva uurimuse, mis suunab empiirilist analüüsi.
Lõputööd vormistades töötas autor läbi eesti keelseid ning välismaised uuringuid, teoreetilisi allikaid ning valdkonna spetsialistide artikleid ning uuringuid. Kõrvutades neid läbi viidud uuringuga, on olenemata organisatsiooni suurusest, asukohast või tegevusalast põhiprobleemid kommunikatsioonis sarnased. Oma lõputöös olen kirjeldanud, kuidas hindavad töötajad kaasamist või kaasamata jätmist. Olen kirjeldanud tegureid, mis otseselt mõjutavad ettevõtte töö tulemuslikkust või viivad hinnalise tööjõu lahkumiseni organisatsioonist. Leides takistavaid tegurid kommunikatsiooni juhtimises ja info tõlgendamises on takistuste likvideerimiseks vajalik esmalt nende teadvustamine. Mõistes takistuste põhjuseid, olen oma töös leidnud ka võimalikke lahendusi, mille olen kirjeldanud järelduste ja ettepanekute peatükis.
Lõputöö eesmärgi saavutamiseks viis autor läbi uuringu Osaühingus Tehnokonsult. Küsimustik, mis koosnes kaheksast peatükist jagati välja paberkandjal 42, ning nendest laekus 38. Kõiksest valimist kõrge tulemusena 90,4% vastajatest, kasutati andmete analüüsimiseks kvantitatiivset analüüsi meetodit. Tulemuste analüüsimiseks, statistika tegemiseks ning graafikute visualiseerimisel kasutati MS Excel funktsioone ja võimalusi.
Lõputöö uuringust selgus, et ettevõtte sisekommunikatsioonis on tööprotsessideks vajaliku informatsiooni jagamine heal tasemel ning töötajatelt eeldatakse endilt kõrget kvalifikatsiooni ülesannete täitmisel. Kõrge hinnangu sai ettevõtte sisekliima, mis näitab selgelt toimivat omavahelist suhtlemist. Tähelepanu peab pöörama tagasisidestamise protsessidele ning töötajate kaasamist otsustusprotsessidesse. Samuti hinnati seniste koosolekute arve madalalt, mis tähendab, et soovitakse rohkem näost-näkku ja füüsilisi koosolekuid. Töötajate populaarseim tööalase informatsiooni kanal oli e-post, mis on ka ettevõtte ametlik infojagamise kanal.
Ettevõttes ei ole varem taolisi uuringuid läbi viidud ning seetõttu on võimalik järeldada, et kirjeldatud puudujääkide ilmnedes on tulevikus vajalik korrata uuringu läbiviimist. Samuti käesoleva uuringu raames anda tulemustest, sealjuures järeldustest tagasiside organisatsiooni personalile. Uuringu tulemustes kirjeldatud parendusettepanekud annavad juhtkonnale võimaluse parendada sisekommunikatsiooni ning seeläbi ka ettevõtte kuvandit. Lõputöö autor peab lõputöö eesmärki täidetuks.The management of companies in this century has become more people-centered, and significant strategic changes have occurred within previously rigid organizational structures. A greener worldview, an environmentally conscious mindset, and a society that cares for people are driving a more strategic approach to organizational development. The competitive economy and evolving communication mechanisms have created new positions and changed job tasks. How we position ourselves in the market is now more important than ever. New positions such as communication manager, marketing manager, risk manager, and others have emerged within company structures, forming a new domain and strategy for the organization.
The aim of this thesis was to determine the functioning of internal communication in OÜ Tehnokonsult and, if necessary, make suggestions for its improvement. In creating the theoretical framework for the thesis, the author based the research on a quantitative research methodology, which provided a framework for data collection and analysis. The author chose a deductive, theory-based approach to guide the empirical analysis.
While writing the thesis, the author reviewed both Estonian and international studies, theoretical sources, and articles and research from industry specialists. By comparing these with the conducted study, it became clear that, regardless of the size, location, or industry of the organization, the main problems in communication are similar. In this thesis, I describe how employees evaluate inclusion or exclusion from decision-making. I outline the factors that directly impact the organization's performance or lead to the departure of valuable employees. Identifying the obstacles in communication management and information interpretation is essential for addressing them, and once the causes of these obstacles are understood, I have proposed possible solutions in the conclusions and recommendations section.
To achieve the goal of the thesis, the author conducted a survey at OÜ Tehnokonsult. A questionnaire consisting of eight sections was distributed in paper form to 42 employees, out of which 38 responses were received. This resulted in a response rate of 90.4%. A quantitative analysis method was used to analyze the data. MS Excel functions and features were used to analyze the results, perform statistical analysis, and visualize the data in graphs.
The results of the study showed that the sharing of necessary information for work processes in the company is at a good level, and employees are expected to have high qualifications for task performance. The company's internal climate received a high rating, clearly indicating effective interpersonal communication. Attention should be paid to feedback processes and employee involvement in decision-making. The evaluation of previous meetings was low, indicating a preference for more face-to-face and physical meetings. The most popular channel for work-related information was email, which is also the official communication channel of the company.
As this type of study has not been conducted in the company before, it can be concluded that, when these shortcomings arise, it will be necessary to repeat the survey in the future. Additionally, the results and conclusions of the current study should be shared with the organization's personnel as feedback. The improvement suggestions described in the study's results provide the management with an opportunity to enhance internal communication and, thus, improve the company's image. The author considers the goal of the thesis to be achieved
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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